Leveb beiit buckle



Nov. 6, 1923. 1,473,581

A. H. KERNGOOD LEVER BELT BUCKLE Filed June 20. 1922 Patented Nov. 6, 1923.

UNITED? s ij-i i ATE" ALLEN H KERNQQ Q B M BE; MA Y AND, ,Ass eNdR Tf ALMA na nies? TUBING COMBANY'OE BALTIMQREGZTY, OEBALT O M R L N AV;CQRPO.PA-,

T101; E MAB L ND {LEYERYBELT KL nncafi n area Inne 20;1922; serialnoi seam:

T o al-Z whom it may contem:

'Be it known that "-I, KnRnG OD, a Citizenof the United- States, resldmg at Baltimore; in the State of Maryland; have cl-amped ih a pi-votali ymonnte d lever clam-ping member and the other end is adjust-ably seeure'clby thezae'tionof this clamping memberupon another clamping member.

The inventien c'ons'istsof an lever belt buckle; inwhich theBei s a frame J in" which a 'leve p elamping -mexnbe'r is pivotally mount ed and between which levenclamping meme ber and the adjustable end of the belt is= interposed a floating elamping member mov= -i able by the -leflel clamping-member :tfo clam I and; release the adjnstable e'nd of the belt asgI wills-proceed new/to explain and finally:

claim." 2 In the 1 accompanying." drawmgs =1l1uetrat+ ing the invention; in the several fignreei yet which I like; parts are snnmlarl yi des gnated,

Figure 1 issan outside-plan' orl faee view of Fig? 4 is a longitudinal lsec-tion onlinei4 "-A=: 0f'Eig. -3, ofbnckle alone inthe clampingv position. Fig. this alongitndinalirsection0t elevMidnillnstratingm modification;

one endthese side fianges may have the re-: entrant portions 4, if des l re The: lever clampmgz, member hereln. re-

side flanges 3 ot'thefirame; so that :thelever clampingl member has afpivotal 'monement' inthe frame:v The ears fi have holes ll smz The=frame 1 0f: the buckle may. be10rfany-r approved construction, same 'beingfshownw ast composed-sot :a face; p1ate$2, having; parallelrearwardly extending side fiangeslB, landaat:

Whiehare pivotedthebelt clampinglever'12f55 V Y u ble Construction,- hefe'in'shown asaf finger pie'ee 13 hav ing a toothec lor' othefvvie formed d o Wn-tn-rn'ed edge 14 which engages: the belt bet-Ween iteeIfandWHe"hasepiecei 5. Thls' belt elamp'mg lever has the lt'gsior' trunnions15 m0unted'in the "holes 5 11 inthe:

ears 6f Any oth'ei Suitable means than the: 1

lever 12 may be used to fasten one end of the belt-to the leverelamiping-member;-

flhe Side. flanges 3'are-providedwi th the arcuate s'l0t's"-"16*01 1"o pposite sides, andin thee slets are arrangedthe'lugs or trun- '7 niens l7 ofa substantially cylindrical float ing clainping:membe'r 18-, Whihiis open at the'top, as shown at 19], toire ceive the lip'8- of thelever-clam-ping.-inendhei, so that'hy movement of thelever-clamping member on its pivots 9*as-a'n axis thisclamping membenl-8 Wil'lbe moved back and fofth in p I the slots 16 s0"as't0 approach toward or re 7 cecle fi'o n' the' bak 'of the face plate 2 of the framew ith theadju stab'le'end ofthe belt interposed between the two, and' t-hen byappropriate movement" o ffthe, lev'e'r clampingfmeinbel the fibatingfl, na pingvs membe if willlbe moved so as to engage 0;" release-the adjnstable-endotithe belt.

Instead of using the ai enateielot 16; they may be replaced-by arenate ho'usings'f20; as sho'n 8: TheraICuate slots'andtt their alternativee; the arc uate housings, my

V J be'de si'gnated"fnnctionally'aeguidewaysl theibu'ckle alonegwith thebparts in teleasingps'itiona 'Filg; GQ' -is sa; perspective vievst:of. the base or 1 frame of {the "leVefv clamping? memben Fig. 7 isle, perspective:view otithe floating Ldampi-nQ memben Fig; 8: is aside:

floatinglamping member 'iidesior tr avels baclja-nd fdrth ill-"these guideways 'un d'ei" impulse of th'elevel clamping member,-"it

lowing'the cilrvature' of thegnidewaysx As i will be seen; the lever clamping membet and -thefioatingclamping member are separately -and independently'mounted: in

the frame, While the movement ofthe fioat ing; clamping member is controlled the leverfclamping member, .tolRthe extent of lit shifting it back and forth in its arcuate slots in the sides of the frame. It is to be noted, however, that the lip 8 of the lever clamping member does not act as a cam to depress the floating member into clamping action on the strap. The primary function of this lip is to assist or guide the floating clamping member in its neecessary movements to engage the strap.

, By the construction shown not only is a very simple and effective buckle produced, but the lever clamping member is incapableof turning over backward and thus causing the user annoyance and difficulty in operating it. As indicated in Figure 5, the lever clamping member stands up substantially at right angles to the frame of the buckle when in the open position and is held in this position by the lugs or trunnions of the floating clamping member coming to rest in and being stopped by the upperends of the slots 16 or their equivalents, the housing 20. The inclined extension 7 throws the lip 8 so far forward that when the lever clamping member is raised to release or receive a belt end to be clamped by the floating clamping member, said lever clamping member does not go over backward, and it is not necessary to manipulate the buckle as a whole in order to effect these operations.

In order to increase the bite of the floating clamping member on the belt, it may be longitudinally milled or otherwise roughened as indicated at 21 in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 7.

While I have shown and described the invention as embodied in a belt buckle, it is to be understood, of course, that the invention is applicable to buckles for other purposes, and the claims herein are to be understood accordingly.

As already indicated,the invention is su ceptible of structural variations and these and others are permissible within the spirit and scope of the invention and the claims hereinafter made. i

What I claim is 1. A lever belt buckle, having a frame provided with sides having arcuate guideways, a lever clamping member pivotally mounted in said frame, and a floating clamping member arranged to be moved back and forth in said guideways inthe frame and operatively connected with the lever clamping member. I v

2. A lever belt buckle, having a frame provided with sides having arcuate guideways, a lever clamping member pivotally mounted in said frame and having a depending lip arranged in advance of its pivotal axis, and a floating clamping member having a defined path of movement in the arcuate guideways and engaged by the said depending lip.

3. A lever belt buckle, having a frame provided with sides having arcuate guideways, a lever clamping member pivotally mounted in said frame and having a depending lip arranged. in advance of its pivotal axis, and a floating clamping member having a defined path of movement in said arcuate guideways and in constant engagement with said depending lip. p

A. A lever belt buckle, having-'11" frame including a face plate, a lever clamping member pivotally mountedin said frame and having a depending lip arranged in advance of its pivotal axis, said iever clamping member adapted to engage one end of a belt, and a substantially cylindrical floating member, said frame having side flanges provided with arcuate guideways arranged in front of the pivotal axis of the lever clamping member, and said floating member engaged by said depending lip and movtble" with the lever clamping member beyond a plane passing through the pivotal axis of said lever clamping member and normal to its face plate. 7 5. A lever belt buckle,having a frame including a face plate,a lever clamping member pivotally mounted in saidframe and having a depending lip arranged in advance of its pivotal axis, said lever clamping member adapted to engage one end of a belt, and a substantially cylindrical floating member,

said frame having side flanges provided' with arcuate guideways arranged in front of the pivotal axis of the lever clamping member and engaged by said depending lip and movable with the lever clamping mem-.-

ber beyond a pivotal plane of said lever clampingmember normal to the face plate and to opposite sides of said plane.

6. A'lever belt buckle, having a frame provided with side flanges having-arcuate guideways, a lever clamping member pivot-- ally mounted in said side flanges and having a base plate provided with aniinclined portion slanting toward the front of the buckle, said inclined portion having the pivots which engage thefside flanges, and said inclined portion also having an abruptly turned terminal lip which also extends toward the front of the buckle, and a floating clamping member engaged by said ter-v minal flange and arranged in said guideways in the side flanges, said 'guideways located between the lever clamping member and the front of the buckle and extending on both sides of a pivotal plane of the lever clamping member normal to the front.

7 A lever belt buckle, having a frame, a lever clamping member pivotally mounted; in said frame, and a substantially cylin-1 drical floating clamping member operatively connected with the lever clamping" limited rocking movement under'the operation of the lever clamping member.

8. A lever belt buckle, having a frame provided With side flanges, a lever clamping member pivotally mounted in said side flenges, and a floating clamping member, said side flanges having arcuate guideways in which the opposite ends of said floating clamping member are arranged and in which said floating clamping member has a sliding movement.

9. A lever belt buckle, having a. frame provided With side flanges, a lever clamping member pivotally mounted in said side flanges and a floating clamping member, said side flanges having arcuate guideways extending on opposite sides of the pivotal plane of the lever clamping member normal to the front and in which guideways oppositeends of the floating clamping member are arranged, said lever clamping member and floating clamping member being operatively connected. 7 7 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this nineteeth day of, J1me,

ALLEN H. KERNGOOD. V Witnesses: r

M. F. BOSW'ELL, E. M. GROUT. 

